Open AccessCombustion Characteristics of Nanoparticle Laden Butanol
Author(s) -
Gaurav Mittal,
Jasmeet Kalra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.d1008.0484s19
Subject(s) - combustion , ignition system , nanoparticle , materials science , calorimeter (particle physics) , chemical engineering , particle (ecology) , n butanol , laser ignition , particle size , butanol , nanotechnology , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , ethanol , physics , oceanography , engineering , detector , geology , electrical engineering
Combustion characteristics of fuels can be improvedby addition of nanoparticles. In this work, fuels prepared byadding Aluminium and Iron nanopowders into butanol as well asa nanoparticle laden fuel, prepared by laser ablation, are studied.Three types of experiments are conducted, namely, (i) burning ofsuspended droplets to understand the effect of nano-particle typeand concentration on burning rate behavior (ii) ignition of fueldroplets on a heated plate and (iii) the energy densitymeasurements using an oxygen bomb calorimeter. Theenhancement of combustion properties and distinct features ofnanofuel combustion are discussed.